Hackers breach and expose a major North Korean spying operation

Hackers claim to have compromised the computer of a North Korean government hacker and leaked its contents online, offering a rare window into a hacking operation by the notoriously secretive nation.  The two hackers, who go by Saber and cyb0rg, published a report about the breach in the latest issue …

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ADC Mentions Tambuwal, Other Coalition Leaders, EFCC is Investigating

The EFCC has been accused of making selective probing of opposition leaders ahead of the 2027 general election ADC’s spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi, made the allegation against the anti-graft agency, following the detaining of Aminu Tambuwal, the former governor of Sokoto Abdullahi further alleged that the EFCC has started digging profile …

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AI companion apps on track to pull in $120M in 2025

Demand for AI “companion” applications outside of bigger names, like ChatGPT and Grok, is growing. Of the 337 active and revenue-generating AI companion apps available worldwide, 128 were released in 2025 so far, according to new data provided to TechCrunch by app intelligence firm Appfigures. This subsection of the AI …

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Perplexity offers to buy Chrome for billions more than it’s raised

In a moonshot move, AI search engine Perplexity has offered to buy Chrome from Google for $34.5 billion cash in an unsolicited offer, Reuters reported and Perplexity has confirmed to TechCrunch. Perplexity tells TC the terms of the offer include a commitment to keep Chrome’s underlying engine, Chromium, open source …

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Disgraced crypto mogul Do Kwon changes plea to guilty in US court

The crypto tycoon was arrested in March 2023 at the airport in Podgorica, the Montenegrin capital. Photo: SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP/FileSource: AFP South Korean cryptocurrency specialist Do Kwon pleaded guilty to fraud charges in front of a New York judge on Tuesday following his firm’s multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy, court filings showed. …

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